let's take a moment to remember the awesome fact that for around 200 years, the lingua franca in colonial #brazil was not portuguese, but a variant of #tupi, i think known as tupinambá. it only became portuguese when a bunch of white ppl fought w a bunch of other white ppl and kicked em out of town, back in 1759.

tupi was a a widespread indigenous language before colonists arrived, whitey would learn it when coming over. later it was suppressed to the point of extinction. does this contract something of your assumptions in your mind? it did mine, and i like it.

#colonialism #indigneous #awesome

Seems like Canada's colonial project and ongoing violation of #Indigneous #LandRights progressed today

"This morning, a large force of RCMP C-IRG raided a Gidimt’en village site and arrested five land and water defenders, mostly Indigenous women, including Gidimt’en Chief Woos’ daughter. The raid accompanied a search warrant for theft under $5000 with no clear relation to the Gidimt’en village site."

#AllOutForWedzinKwa

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We interrupt this #phdlife mini-break to announce today, 10 am AEST, Anna Kwai from Evolution of Cultural Diversity Initiative at Australian National University will be speaking on her PhD research in the final Pacific History Association webinar of the year. Note: the webinar will not be recorded.

#Pacific #Histodons #History #Seminar #Gender #Culture #SolomonIslands #Women #Indigneous

Anybody interested in #decolonial studies, methods, #LandBack, #Indigneous rights @decolonial